Dear fellow users, thank you for reading my posts and the very helpful replies. My earlier problem ergo 'missing presets' in the FAVORITES tab/dropdown menu (Edit window) is now solved thanks to Richard Yoeman-Clark who kindly sent me a copy of the AudCust.ini file. I dropped that into my empty file folder. Worked like a charm and I now have my presets back! I've made a copy of that little file! Heartfelt thanks to you Sir Richard!
Now I'd like to raise two other vexing questions:
1) I'm recording my audio tracks into separate stereo tracks in the main multi-track window directly in 'real time' from my stand alone Yamaha QY-700 sequencer. For example, the current project (without any vocal tracks as yet) stands at 27 tracks of audio - I've split the drum parts up and every other instrument has its own stereo track in Au3's multi-track window. These are all stereo because I'm taking a 'L' & 'R' audio output from the sequencer into my Edirol UA-25 inputs. The USB connection is then carrying the digitised data directly into Au3 as a stereo input signal, not a mono source.
2) By lining up a programmed 'click' count-in at the start of every audio track, I'm then able to use a vertical marker and hone in on the onset of each click with sample accuracy at the beginning of each track and then line track 2 up with track 1 and so on... however, as the track progresses in time during playback things slowly drift out of time. So I've been resorting to cutting and re-positioning segments of the audio to get them back into sync' with the preceding track. Very laborious! So why don't I use some sort of time code or master-slave midi arrangement from the sequencer to Au3 or the reverse?
Answer: It's not working! I've connected 2 midi cables from the QY-700 to the rear of the UA-25 but when I press PLAY on the Yamaha no midi signal is being picked up by Au3 to initiate recording. I then tried the reverse procedure, with Au3 in record standby mode, then pressed the record button but no midi-clock signal is being recognised by the QY-700 and it just sits there without advancing a single clock pulse. Any suggestions?
QUESTION 2: Playback across the multi-track is normal until I add EQ on any of the individual tracks and in particular if I add any compression/mastering effects on the master output channel strip. Skips, drop outs, hiccups, juddering, dead stops - the same sort of sound you'd get if you knocked a record player stylus across your favorite album! - you know that screeching sound... So is this an audio buffer related problem or could it be something worse? I did get a message on my screen saying 'Warning: Heavy CPU Load by Au3' so I'm wondering how to cure this. My laptop isn't SO old! Its an Acer 5720 with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor T7500. Note: All session files are stored on the D drive and there's adequete memory - a healthy 58.7 Gigabytes. The Au3 program is stored on C Drive - and there's 31 Gigabyte free on that drive.
Previously I was storing/reading back all my session files from an external Maxtor HD, but until I upgrade to a USB 3 connection from the laptop (later this month) I was advised that it was best to save all relevant session files internally on the D drive to speed up data flow. I intend to save completed sessions to the external HD in any case, then delete the finished sessions/files from the D drive, then start a new project with a clean slate. I also investigated the idea of buying a solid state hard drive but was advised that in practise I wouldn't get any noticeable improvement in CPU speed/Au3 performance.
I'm not a computer programmer but have tried to think about how to solve/improve performance issues like these. It's great to be able to lay out big multi-track recordings, but if I can't utilise the EQ's, busses, reverbs or compressors on the master output strip without the above problems - then there's something seriously impeding that and I'm not sure what the problem can be.
Re' the midi master/slave capability, if I could get that working it would solve the syncronisation headaches!
Thanks to those that have read this post and given it any consideration! The midi settings available in the QY-700 are:
MID SYNC: Internal | Midi A | Midi B | MTC Midi - A | MTC Midi - B
MIDI CONTROL IN: OFF | IN - A | IN - B | IN - A, B
OUT: OFF | OUT - A | OUT - B | OUT - A, B
Does anyone know what I should be selecting in this chain and which corresponding commands in Au3 should be selected/de-selected to engage MASTER or SLAVE modes and vice versa with regard to the QY-700?
Au3 gives the following choices: MIDI TRIGGER ENABLE | SMPTE/MTC SLAVE ENABLE | SMPTE/MTC MASTER ENABLE | SMPTE START OFFSET
Should I be selecting all of the above options? Or selecting only one? In the 'Keyboard shortcuts and Midi triggers' pane, I've selected *any* midi channel.
If there are any another MIDI control panes, fields or switches I've not yet discovered them. - ( Andy posting as Day Of The Schmeckel )